The family of Charcuterie is a bit reminiscent of early 1900s styling, not precisely Bauhaus or Art Deco, not a revival, but an imagined restoration based on memory, captured from novels and movies set in Paris, a modern echo of collections of impressions of a time when people strolled along and stopped to read a French bistro chalkboard menu drawn with letters that resemble Charcuterie. It was a way of living, of enjoying the food of the well-considered choices of the trained, experienced bistro chef, of sipping local wines and basking in the warmth of chatting with friends on leisurely weekends, sitting at little tables and observing the passersby. Charcuterie is a smorgasbord of delightful type inspired by our sense of a happy time at a splendid table. Charcuterie also serves to transcend a central taboo in our industry -- that of mixing too many fonts in one page or project. This forbidden act gained its unfortunate reputation from abuse and excess or simple inexperience. Charcuterie brings back a powerful tool for artfully tackling a project and retaining all the complexity the designer envisions. It does all the heavy lifting, taking the guesswork out of combining typefaces and providing a set unified by the eye and hand of one type designer. Despite the multitude of font combinations available, there is a sense of harmony and continuity, just as the interior design world discovered that they could, indeed, combine plaids, stripes, and florals if they were based on a common thread: such as the same tones or intensities of hues. The single hand that created Charcuterie imposes a sense of compatibility, despite how different the fonts initially appear to be. The further glue that holds this set together is the availability of font files, purchased separately, of decorative elements: Charcuterie Catchwords, Charcuterie Ornaments, and Charcuterie Frames (borders, corners, and frames). If you'd prefer, purchase individual fonts within these typeface families. Each is strong enough to stand on its own. However, using elements from many of these faces and fonts adds layers of textures and richness to your work, and with their infinite number of variations, flavors the work with your own talent and flair. The entire family lends itself to experimentation, acting as a complete and complex toolbox, enabling you to work in extraordinarily varied ways within the subtle yet studied constraints of the collection as a whole. Charcuterie Frames, Engraved and Cursive work best with Open Type savvy applications.